Two arrests in Bear Creek brawl

STOCKTON - There was an increased police presence at Bear Creek High School, and many parents picked up their children early Friday in response to rumors that a shooting would take place in retaliation for a fight that occurred Thursday, authorities said.

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By The Record

Posted Apr. 26, 2014 at 12:01 AM

By The Record

Posted Apr. 26, 2014 at 12:01 AM

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STOCKTON - There was an increased police presence at Bear Creek High School, and many parents picked up their children early Friday in response to rumors that a shooting would take place in retaliation for a fight that occurred Thursday, authorities said.

The threat was not credible, and there were no incidents of violence, but two people were arrested in connection with Thursday's brawl, said Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the Stockton Police Department. As a precaution, police assigned several officers to the school, which is normally manned by one school resource officer, Silva said.

Police had dispatched 20 officers to Bear Creek on Thursday to quell fights and control crowds after two 18-year-olds and a 21-year-old entered the school grounds and started a fight with a student, Silva said. On Friday, police arrested Devon Stewart, 18, for his role in the melee.

Stewart was arrested on suspicion of cruelty to a child by inflicting injury, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and campus disruption, police said. The boy, whose name was not released because he is a juvenile, was arrested on suspicion of battery, authorities said.